Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

The darkroom in Luo Zhengxin's house was built very cleverly, and the door leading to the darkroom was the bedroom closet.

When Li Tianliu was searching, he accidentally knocked on the wall next to the wardrobe. After hearing an empty sound, he fumbled around for a while before finding the door to the dark room.

The layout of the dark room was very similar to the house of the boy who was tortured to death in Luoyanju, with many perverted torture instruments placed in both. The only difference from that house was that the perverted torture instruments here were placed in a very regular pattern.

On the specially made bed in the center of the dark room, two girls, about fifteen years old, were lying side by side.

Both of them were naked and dead.

Xu Guang was performing an autopsy and Chen Shao stood aside and watched.

The corpse was thin, with yellowish-white skin, tight upper and lower lips, exposed teeth, and a sunken abdomen. Chen Shao motioned Chan Yi to give Xu Guang a silver needle, and Xu Guang inserted it into the corpse's throat for examination, and saw that the silver needle was yellow.

Both of them were poisoned by the golden silkworm poison.

The body was soft, with corpse spots fixed on the shoulders, back, waist, buttocks, and the back of the legs, which could not fade under pressure. When the dead man's eyelids were opened, the cornea was already severely cloudy and the pupil could not be seen. All these symptoms indicated that the time of death was more than 48 hours.

There was posthumous greenish color in the ileocecal region and part of the lower abdomen of the corpse, which had not yet spread to the entire lower abdomen and abdomen. The time of death was within three days.

Luo Zhengxin's arrest was an accident, and he had been detained in the prefectural government for many days, so it was not him who poisoned him.

When they came over, Wu Dong was the only one in the yard, so the murderer was basically identified as him.

Chen Shao did not rush to tell the result, but asked Xu Guang to analyze it first.

Xu Guang said: "There are many purple scars on the bodies of the two corpses, but they are not fatal. According to the results of the silver needle test, the two died of poisoning. Comparing the symptoms recorded by several doctors from Tongchun Hall when they treated Luo Zhengxin's first two wives, the two should have died of golden silkworm poison. And judging from the fact that the bodies of the two people only smelled slightly and turned green, and the decay had just begun, the time of death should be around thirty-six hours. At this time, Luo Zhengxin had already been arrested, so the murderer is most likely Wu Dong."

Fu Jiu glanced at Chen Shao, who remained expressionless, and questioned, "Who stipulated that a slight stink, greenish color, or the beginning of decay means death within thirty-six hours?"

"No one has set rules. You have to figure it out on your own," Xu Guang said complacently. "As for how to figure it out, you can only understand it intuitively, not explain it in words."

He had spent many years observing the corpses of chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, sheep, and dogs, and had slowly summed up some experience. He couldn't explain why, but he used his experience to examine other dead livestock, and the results were almost always the same.

Of course, although Xu Guang was pleased with himself, he did not get carried away. After answering Fu Jiu's question, he looked at Chen Shao.

"Carry the bodies out first." Chen Shao left the dark room first. After Xu Guang directed the yamen runners to carry both bodies out, she said, "Whether it is right or not, you can go and ask Wu Dong for confirmation."

That makes sense. Xu Guang immediately ran towards Wu Dong.

Fu Jiu also followed.

While the two of them were confronting Wu Dong, Chen Shao followed Li Tianliu and others to continue searching the dark room.

There is also a dark room in Luo Jian and Luo Zhong’s house.

The location of the darkroom is the same as that in Luo Zhengxin's house.

There were four women in the dark room, all around fifteen years old.

Hearing the noise, the four women instinctively hid in the corner and huddled together.

"Still alive!" Li Tianliu, who entered the dark room first, had an uncontrollable excitement in his voice, but then he turned his back and saw that several women were naked.

"Don't be afraid, everyone. We are here to save you." Chen Shao, who followed closely behind, quickly left a message, turned around quickly, and told Chan Yi, "Go get them some clothes, and tell the people behind not to come in for the time being!"

Chan Yi shouted out the Yulin Guards behind her and headed straight for the carriage. She had two sets of clothes in the carriage in case of emergency. But two sets of clothes were obviously not enough, so after thinking it over, she took two sets of Chen Shao's spare clothes.

After Chen Shao revealed his identity, he used a soft voice to calm the women down. But even so, when they saw Chan Yi coming back with the clothes, the women still retreated to the corner.

"Don't be afraid. I'm your maid. We don't have enough clothes. You can just cover your body with these. I'll prepare other clothes for you when we get back to the prefect's mansion." Chan Yi didn't rush to get close to them. In the dim light, she looked at the blue and purple marks on their bodies. She choked up and patiently calmed them down before carefully handing them the clothes. "Don't worry, take your time. Supervisor Luo, Luo Jian, and Luo Zhong have all been arrested by our master. No one can hurt you anymore."

When Chen Shao was trying to comfort them, he also mentioned that Luo Zhengxin, Luo Jian, and Luo Zhong had been arrested, but the women had been locked up in the dark room for too long and tortured for too long, and both their minds and bodies had long been numb. Chan Yi's crying voice finally brought them back to their senses.

One of the women slowly raised her head and her eyes remained on Chan Yi's face for a long time.

Chan Yi wanted to laugh, but tears kept rolling down her cheeks. "It's okay. Don't be afraid. Once you put on your clothes, we'll leave here and never come back."

The woman looked at her and tears slowly fell down. Then she squatted on the ground and burst into tears.

Her crying instantly infected the remaining three people, and they also squatted on the ground and cried loudly without caring about anything else.

Chan Yi listened to their cries and her tears flowed down her cheeks. She didn't care whether they were scared or not, she walked over to them, hugged them and started crying too.

Chen Shao felt a little sad, and resisted the urge to cry. He signaled Li Tianliu, "Let's go, wait outside."

They need to cry to vent their fear and grievances. At this time, the best comfort is to say nothing and leave them enough space.

Li Tianliu felt bad too. He followed Chen Shao out of the dark room and reluctantly said, "Luo Zhengxin made all kinds of calculations, but he forgot to take his two useless sons into account!"

Chen Shao secretly took a deep breath and said, "Fortunately, he missed it."

"What do you mean by luckily missed it?" Fu Jiu strode in and looked at the open door of the darkroom behind them. She tilted her head and listened twice, wondering, "Why do I hear Chan Yi crying? What happened to her?"

Chen Shao did not answer him, but asked: "Did Wu Dong confess?"

"He didn't want to confess," Xu Guang answered quickly, "but when Brother Fu Jiu threatened to stab him to death with a sword, he confessed quickly. He never intended to kill them, but Supervisor Luo had already told him that if anything happened to him, they should be killed immediately to silence them. He was just following Supervisor Luo's orders."

Chen Shao nodded and told him: "Take the two bodies back first, and bring more yamen runners to escort the students who have confessed."

After Xu Guang agreed, he left in a hurry.